Sir _John_. If Wit, Eloquence, Politeness, Frankness and Integrity, could move a _Dutchman_, I should not doubt of that great Man’s Success; but as nothing but _Self-interest_ can engage either his Heart or Attention, I fear his L——p won’t be able to persuade that _selfish_ People to think it for their Interest to declare War against _France_ and _Spain_ at the critical Time that we are at Variance with those Crowns. We are to consider this Juncture as the Harvest Season of the _Dutch_. All the Markets we are shut out from by the War, are open to them by a Neutrality. But what I believe weighs not a little with them, is, that they dread embarking with us ever since they perceived that the Views of our Statesmen have tended more towards _H——r_ than _England_. ’Tis that observable Bias to a _Foreign Interest_ that will deter the _States-General_, if my Lord _C——_ does not succeed in his Embassy. _Broad_. Perhaps they may conceive better Hopes from the new Administration. Sir _John_. Perhaps they might, had the Administration been _new_. But as it is no more than an old Garment patch’d with new Cloth, I fear the _Dutch_ will hardly alter their Plan on any Assurances such a motley M——y can give them. They may think, and perhaps too truly, that the same Measures will be follow’d, the same _Interest_ be pursued, since the Majority, and the chief in Office of the A——n, are of the old Stamp. And they as truly may think, that neither Harmony nor Success can attend Counsels jarring between two different separate _Interests_. While the Interest of _H——r_ clashes with that of _England_, we must neither expect Harmony with the _Dutch_, nor Success in our Wars. _Over_. Nor in any thing else, I think. Would to God we could join that precious _Manor_ to the _Orcades_, or send it adrift to _Lapland_ or the _North Cape_. _Blunt_. Since we can do neither, would to God our Statesmen would shew themselves to be _Englishmen_! _Over_. Since we are got in the praying Strain, let us all pray that our _new_ M——y, or at least those lately _ingrafted_ upon the _old_, may not become as arrant _H——ns_ as their grafted Predecessors, the late _Deserters_. Let us all say, _Amen_. _FINIS_. [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ● Transcriber’s Notes: ○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected. ○ Typographical errors were silently corrected. ○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book. ○ Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_).